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CDS News

CDS Welcomes Six New Faculty Members

in Announcement

Read about BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences’ new faculty, summer 2024.

Tagged: Jeffrey Considine, Josh Von Korff, OMDS, Seth Villegas, Shanaya Udeshi, Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, Wayne Snyder

ProPublica: Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse, Even With Their Families

in Ethics, In the News, Justice Media Co-Lab

Read about the recent court case surrounding unpaid wages and the ongoing fight for justice.

Tagged: Brooke Williams, BU Spark!, Justice Media co-Lab

In BU’s Online Master’s Program, Students Learn How Data Science Makes AI Happen

in Artificial Intelligence, Interviews, Q&A

In this Q&A, Azer Bestavros, Boston University associate provost, discusses the Online Master’s in Data Science program, its curriculum, career-enhancing benefits, and more.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Azer Bestavros, data science, Maureen McCarthy, Michael S. Goldberg, Online Master's in Data Science

Futurity: AI Can Diagnose 10 Types of Dementia

in Artificial Intelligence, CDS News, Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Learn about the recent developments being made on dementia diagnosis at the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences with Professor Vijaya Kolachalama’s research on a clinically scalable AI tool.

Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, CDS, Vijaya Kolachalama

KPMB: CCDS is Ultimate Connectivity, Sustainability Goals, Prioritizing Well-Being of All

in CDS News, In the News, Sustainability

What makes the Center for Computing and Data Science special? Hear what KMPB has to share about the building and the inspiration for the wooden models by Micah Sieber.

Tagged: CDS, center for computing & data sciences, Micah Sieber

MesComputing: Report Ranks This US City As World’s Top AI Hub

in Artificial Intelligence, In the News

BU has helped Boston become a center for artificial intelligence research and development, read about what stats went into this report and what this means for the future.

Tagged: AI, CDS, data science, Research

The Brink: Predicting the Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease with AI

in Health, Impact, In the News, Research

Read about the impactful research being done on using artificial intelligence to calculate the probability of Alzheimer’s.

Tagged: AI, CDS, Hariri Institute, Research, yannis Paschalidis

GBH News: Have an old or forgotten credit card bill? You might end up carless.

in Civic Tech, Equity, In the News, Justice Media Co-Lab

Read about how the recent rise in debt collection has caused major issues for many, and the work being done to fix the system.

Tagged: CDS, civic tech, equity, Justice Media co-Lab

The Boston Globe: BU survey says people want social networks, not government, to remove fake news

in Ethics, Impact, In the News, Research

Recent legal verdicts have had big implications on the data of social media. Read about the discussions around them and the recommendations Assistant Professor Chris Chao Su has for the future of social networks.

Tagged: CDS, Chris Chao Su, COM

Inside Higher Ed: The Uncertain Future of Private Research Universities

in Impact, In the News, Research

Dr. Brown writes that the growing share of research costs covered by institutions risks making the private research university business model unsustainable. Read more about his thoughts in this article.

Tagged: Boston University, CDS, Robert Brown

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AI can write code and run models on its own. That doesn't make computer science and data science degrees obsolete, says Associate Provost Azer Bestavros. It changes what they're for.

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